The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

ThEATI, DOCTOR, what do you ativigo P I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwards to VANS', Covent-garden, hear some charming: singing, order Tie of their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that th best advice I can give you. RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. 4 ... qtli T hiNCll s celebrated Old nusa WHISKY rivals the finest BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. &1., at the Retail 'Houses in London; by ate Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. )bservnahan'e the R e d i sky Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded 7lii s LL." OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the BANK N of HINDUSTAN, CHINA, and JAPAN !Limited), REMOVED from 16, Cornhill, to No. 1, BANK ',UAL DINGS, Lothbury. BY order, R. SWIRE TOMLIN, Secretary. 1, rank-buildings, A up . , 24, 1804. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 29, Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance -buildings, Liverpool. At the .Annual Afeetintr,, on'thr sth lust., the followin2: were crtle cf the leading results disclosed in the Report to the thareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Premiums of the year 1863 reached the sum of Being an advance of ever 1862; an amount of increase exceeding that of any pre ',ions year. The Revenue from Fire Premiums has been en lianced in four years by the large sum of £113,353 The Duty paid to Government in 1862 was. £75.993 Ditto ditto, 1863 88,966 Showing an Increase in one year of Among the incidents which have tended to the advance nent of the Royal within the last few months may be reckoned its action with respect to the losses sustained by the explo sion of the Lott) , Sleigh, which although only eon -istent with the general tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulti tnately proved to be no more than what had been done in I or rner times by the oldest and most proverbially honourable among its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public favour by its unhesitating* promptness. As the largest total of Revenue and the largest ratio of progression have been attained in the present year, so it happens that the largest Profit which it has ever fallen to the Directors to record has likewise on this occasion to be an nounced. The balance of net profit on the year has amounted to ;£83,515 ; of which sum £34,1000n1y has been appropriated to Dividend and Bonus, and the large balance of £19,441 been ~Uried•-to Reserve. LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the Life Branch, as shown by the New musiness transacted in the last year, is most promising, and the advances made, year by year, in the amount of New In surances effected, sh , w clearly the estimation in which the Company is held. The following is a statemen t for the last Rye years : Net Sum Assured on New Policies after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. 1859 1860 1861 1862 1803 . 752,546 18 10 This rapid growth, amounting; to 73 per cent. on the Sum Assured, and upwards of 80 per cent. on the Premium re ceived in the course of five years, may justly be considered as )arger than any which could have been reasonably exp ected. The first half of the current year 1864, however, far outstrips the ratio of increase indicated by the figures just quoted, as the sum assured for that period of six months only actually exceeds Half-a-Mil ion sterling. The rate of Mortality, likewise, still prestnts highly favour able features, and augurs well for the result to be shown by the quinquennial investigation, which is to take place when the present year is concluded. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOELN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. August, 1864. pIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, lOs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. (luai to 1 cwt. barley or anv meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lent-street, Southwark. RouND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS and DEFORMITIES arc prevented and cured by CHANDLER'S IMPROVED CHEST-EXPANDING 33 RACES, for both sexes, of all ages. They strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indigestion, and are especially mom- Thended *o cliildreok for assisting the growth and producing a Perfect symmetrical figure, superseding the old braces and stays.-6C,, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated Pamphlets forwarded. ITAIR-CURLING FLUID. 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. (id.; sent free for 5} stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. Gd., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at • 3s. Gd or sent free for 54 stamp s. It is most easy of use. inrAIR DESTROYER.-248. High Holborn, London.—ALF,X. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 38. 6d.; sent the same day,as ordered by post for 51 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the neting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTITARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 3d.; sent free fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, Iligh Holborn, London. Essay on Hair. id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AiI diseases of thn Rkin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, * * ze. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 st.imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holboro, London. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls.; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. ed.. or 54 stamps. Skin tonic Imoducei a. transcendent complexion, 45., or 0I stamps. Noorii of Roses, :Is. (Id., or 54 stamps.--ALEX. ROSS. 218, IRO Holborn, London. T EET H. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and (great artistic skill-have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL T 11; upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing' to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL IiERT, 34, Great Russell- Street, Bloomsbury, w h ose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so peifectly efficient. PRIZE MED A L.—INTERNA TIONAL )4; xyIIBIT lON, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER .lr CO., Wax Chandlers, .10., &.03, To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation Which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 25. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality •• .. 2s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE C.:4' NDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. .• • • .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality . . Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. .• • . ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 13, South Monon-street, Grosvenor -square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar A &TOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. —The greatest an A. d m ost usef u 1 invention of t he day, AMARELL :Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect coiour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half' bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goanell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DR. ROBERTS' POOR S MAN' FRIEND is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail ing remedy for wounds of every description, burns, scalds, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, ,to. Sold in pots. Is. lid., 2s. Ad., Its., and 2 28 . each. Also his ANTISCROPHUL/E, confirmed by sixty years' experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, is. lid., 2s. id., 48. fid., and 228. each. Sold wholesal London the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, by the houses, and retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colon es. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7 d. , In th 13d., reIHE TEETH a Practical Treatise, with the best means of restoring them when defective or lost. By A. ESEELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, 8. Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square. " It really contains all that is necessary relative to the good keeping of the whoad adequatelyd deserves the serious consideration of all comfort, and appearance." —The Sun, May 4, 1861. "We pan comm end this little inters brochure on a subject Circular upon which everybody takes an t."—Mdioal , June 5, 1861. " We can recommend its per usal to those who wish to pre serve their te:th, a nd to those who know the value of them." —Daily News, June 20, 1861. London : Clements, Little rultency-street. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.— MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 2 t o 5 in all cases 1 for ordinary to i le t purposes , and of Nos. of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. , Per f um ed toilet cream, cold cream, hair. and pomatum for the Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay end Sons. Edwards, Keating, S Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test.- Son, Tree on a plication. an:^er and Agent for Edinb argh —Mr. John DPKay, chemist, 119, George-street. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REBlEDY.—Fre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Ste. For habitual co stiveness, as a family ape rient medicine, and as a pur i f i er of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and oTateitll to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druMsts, in boxea,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square green package, with "William Lambert," engraved on the tong -nINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA ju has been, during thirty years, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, and universally accepted by the Public, as the Best Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach. Heartburn. Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate constitutions, more esp,cißlly for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup an agreeable Effervescing Draught, in w hich its Aperient forme s t qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, and, above all, in Hot Climates, the regular use of this sim ple and e'egant remed y has been fo und highly beneficia l. Manufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and purity) by DINNEFORD and CO.. 172, New Bond-street, London ; and told by all respectable Chemists throughout the Empire. N°. 22,521 CIOLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. ) The SEPrEMBEIZ, DUMBER contains the Opening Chapters of a NEW SERIAL STORY, by Mrs. Busiusic, entitled "WOODBURY." Chapman and Hall, 1413, Piccadilly. EN T L EY'S MISCELLANY. The SEPTEMBER NIT ABER contains a New Tale, entitled 'or.TY YEARS AGO—TnE SUM NIER TOUR OF SIGNOR TOMKINS. By DUDLEY COSTELLO, And the conclus'on of JOAN LAW. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE for SEPT., 1864. No. DLXXXVII. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Chronicles of Carlinzford : the Perpetual Curate. Conclusion. Cornelius O'Dowd upon Men and Women, and other Things in General. Part VIII. The Man versus his Work.- The Modern Criehtons.— " The Cheap Article warranted," Sze..—A " 4Now ' and a " Then." The Rev. Char'es Kingsley and Dr. Newman. Tony Butler. Part XII. The Alphabetieals. Letters from the Principalities.—No. lIL Prince Couza's Coup-d'Etat. The City of Gold. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day, uniform with " Stronghold," price 25., QMUGGLER CHIEF. A Tale of Life and Adventure. By G. AIMARD. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. NOTICE.— BERTIE BRAY.—The Second Edition of this new Novel, by the Author of Sir Victor's Choice," is now ready. Also py same Author, THE CROSS OF HONOUR, Price 2s. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. THE LATEST NEW NOVELS. BT BI E BR A Y. By the Author of " SIR Vic Ton's CnoicE," &c. D ANGEROUS CONNEXIONS. In Three Vole. THE MAN IN CHAINS, By the Author of " SA CKVILLE CHASE," &C. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. 90th Thousand, price is., DR. HARVEY ON CORPULENCE.—Its diminution and cure without injury to health, with Remarks upon the Maladies produced by obesity CANCER and CONSUMPION. New and painless treat ment. Price ls. By JoUN HARVEY, M.D., 9, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Smith and Co., 52, Long-acre. THE NEW DICTIONARY. Svo. cloth, price 58., of nd RY W th E e ß EN ST GL E l ß su c i o , mbi G n u ed AG i E n l a n I A T A D L IC 'E TI R ONA a which the definitions of Webster, and the pronunciation of Walker. are un ted and brought into conformity to the usage of the present time; many new words are introduced, and numerous synonymous terms are carefully discriminated. With an Appendix containing Walker's Key to the pro nunciation of S ,, iipture, Greek, and Latin proper names. A new edition entirely re-edited by John Longmuir, A.M., LL.D., formerly Lecturer in King's College, and University, Aberdeen. London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. QT. JAMES'S HALL, September 5, 1864. First appearance these seven years cf the world renowned PROFESSOR ANDERSON. Great Wizard of the North. First appearance of Miss ANDERSON, the Second-sit„ ht Sybil, and Retro-reminiscent Ortho.graphist. Spiritualists, Beware. Volunteers, look fur the Great Rifle Experiment. The Psychomantheum Opens at St. James's Ball, Sept. 5. WILL SHORTLY CLOSE, MR. end Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear in their new ANGLO EG YPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT, TILE PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a new musical tercentennial séance, by William Brouff,n, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed; and Ttir: SEA SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry. Every evening except Sat ,relay), at 8 ; Thursday aba Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL LUsTRA TION, 14, Re,;, , ent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 25,; stalls, 35.• stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured :n ad vance at the Galleryi without tee. T 1 H oxpoß 1), ,;. OXFORD STREET, W. THE OXFORD and CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limited'. During this week will be performed, Selections from the followimf Operas, viz., yak TROVATOItE, NAHUM, UN BALLO IN MAS , IIEIZA, LA F 4 ,RZA DEL DESTINO, by Verdi ; and THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, by Sir' 11. I ishop. Principal Artistes:—Misses Russell. Tyrrell, Walmsley, Fitz-Henry, and Barrie ; Messrs. Marini, Hush, Green, M4rcello, and Albert. Comedy by UNSWORTH, EUGENE, W. Randall, C. Burton, and Mdlle. Cavalho, the celebrated Comedienne and Mimic. - - • Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. OXFORD and CANTERBORY HALL COMPANY (Limited). GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSIONS. PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FALRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OP SHADOWS Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. Also, the New and successful Illusion, entitled THE TERCEN I'ENARY ; or, a NIGHT WITH SIIAKSPERE. Operatic Selections, Glees, &c., by the whole of the talented Artistes. Comedy by Mr. Arthur Lloyd, with his new song, a decidedhit ; Mr. W. Randall ; Mrs. W. Randall : and those marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. TALLIOTT and BURNELL' (from the Principal Cirque, Madrid). " THE ANTHROPOPHAGINIAN "Go, knock, and call ; he'll speak like an Anthropopha ginian unto thee: knock, I say."—Shakspere. Merry Wives of Windsor, 4 act, sc. 6. THE WONDER OF THE DAY Will be Illustrated by Mr. W. Hilton. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. Admission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A fall length portrait model of DR.. COUTY DE LA POMMERAI', the Poisoner, taken from the original photograph, by Mons. Trinquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. Stainsby-road, Limehouse.—Detached Freehold Residence. IVIR. ANDREW HIND is instructed by the proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at GARRA WAY'S, Change-alley, Cornhill, on MONDAY, August 29, 1884, at One o'c ock, the very superior FREEHOLD HOUSE, known as Paradise Cottage, pleasantly situate in the Stains by-road, near the East India-road, Limehouse, and contain ing large drawing, dining, and breakfast rooms, six bed rooms, capital kitchen, and offices, three w.c.'s, Ac. The principal rooms have stained glass windows and French casements, opening to ornamental verandahs, which extend the entire length of the building. In the rear is a beautifully laid-out flower garden, with greenhouse, summerhouse, large and handsome foun , ain, &c. The whole enclosed by walls, and thoronzhly screened from observation by well-grown evergreens and other trees. May be viewed by cards from the auctioneer only, and particulars, with conditions of sale, had. at Garraway's ; of T. Price, Esq., solicitor, 24, Abchurch lane, E.C. ; and at the auctioneer's dices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. New Barnet.—Freehold Semi-detached Villas. IUR. ANDREW lIIND will SELL by AUC.. TION. at GARRAWAY'S, Change-alley, Cornhill, on TUESDAY, August 30, 1864, at One o'clock, the conve nient FREEHOLD Seven-roomed HOUSES, Nos. 1 and 2, Lancaster-road, New Barnet, near the railway station, with front and back gardens, now let at £44 per annum, but pos session 0 one may be had it desired. May be viewed and particulars, with conditions of sale, had at Garraway's ; and at the auctioneer's offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Pinner.—Freehold Building Land. MR. ANDW. HIND will SELL by AUCTION shortly. 23 Acres of LAND, beautifully situate near the village, and about a mile from the station. The plots will contain from half an acre to two .cres and upwards. The estate is well wooded, and has a stream of water flowing through it. Residents on this property will be entitled to the privileges of Harrow School, and the occupant of each house of the value c f £5O per annum will receive a free first class railway ticket to London for thirteen years. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eke assort ment of VASE S, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dm Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine• ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, 51INE1tALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly ineilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON - CIIOLOGY, Etnd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE R,ALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN f, at 119, Strand. W.C. 71 7- 44 lc) • • I, C - qP"* - -: supply of fresh air along with it, • '" • • q.1:11. • the foul air before it. • - ; I ' . • ;Tit *) . A710. 1 6:617 ;.1,•4 sue-ff , The public will have ma pl . judging for themselves of the weritt ~el ••this - if i ye n - -"kte 'qv? , 4 -et- Ps _ 11 tion. The railway will be oi e., d 4 11 /#;tli 5: 94:, " •;;, 411 11(.' 13 , - of this week, when visitors to thi 3 raltiCk - 1 W - Vk -.AO 4 IP 4 D ,4 S • - able to test it by personally tra , lel ling upalt, PRICE ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. Alarming Railway I ident. The Pneumatic Railway at Sydenham: ACCELINGTOI 4 , Saturday. An alarming accident took place apt the railway hero last night, which might, if :t had lint occurred tit so late an hour, have been attc tided with a ter rible sacrifice of life. Between and tet o'clock last night an excursion train, con sist.ing of about 30 empty carriages, which had hi en standing for some time near the Accrington Railway 6U/601J were taken up the incline on the Mt nehester brunch of line by two engines, ono; being it front and. the other at the rear. Wien the train had been run up the embankment a short distance", the rear engine left the carriages attached to the one in. iront fix - the momentsPvrP eofgetting upon anoth er line. In a f ew after the last engine had left the train, the coupling chain between the second and third car riage from the head engine broke, and 28 of the carriages ran hack at a tremendous speed. The down engine shunted off the line aeon after they broke loose, and the carriages, when they passed it, were running ate rapid rate. Two guards happened to be on the runaway carriages at the time, and they put on breaks for the purpose of checking their im petus; but in this respect their efforts were quite useless, and finding that their position was becoming more alarming eve r y aecon a , an d th a t a t er ribl e smash must soon e nsue somew h ere , they j u mp e d off the carriages, and luckil y were no t a t all injured in doing so. The carriages r an a h ea d down the line, Po n tanian, but they had not gone far before a great crash took n th e e ar m t a h in e Blackburn linehyai siding ; t h ey were turned off place. On. the line they were running there were t wo ca rriages standing, The down carriages came i n t o co llision with them, bat they were not at first th rown off the rails, and all dashed forward at a speed towar d s the station. The two carriages alluded to b oun d e d forw ard veoo k when thm t n r and struck, ran but them the n trhuen mile, a w i ;l e ys spe e dil y rt, following the same course themselves immediately afterwards. Here the accident assumed a most alarming cha oe s a ratter—the carriages were crushing into each other, rearing up and rolling over in all directions, and On Saturday the Crystal Palace grounds were the scene of a novel and very interesting experiment. A series of trial trips on the model Pneumatic Railway recently constructed there, under the superinten dence of Mr. Rummell, C.E., took place with perfect success in the presence of several eminent engineers and scientific men, A brickwork tunnel, about loft. high by 9ft. wok, and capable of admitting the largest carriages used on the Great Wester❑ Mil way, has been laid with a single line of rails, Sued with opening and cloning valves at either extremity and supplied with all the other requisite apparatus for propelling passenger trains on the pneumatic principle. The tunnel, or tube, extends from the Sydenham entrance of the grounds to the Armoury, near the Penge-gate, a distance of nearly 600 yards. The object of laying down this experimental line is to afford, both to the scientific world and the tra velling public, a practical demonstration of the ap plicability to passenger traffic of the motive power already employed by the Pneumatic Despatch Qom pany in the conveyance of letters and parcels. The pneumatic principle of propulsion is very simple. It has been likened to the action of a pea-shooter—a rough kind of comparison, -perhaps, yet one suffi ciently accurate as a popular illustration. The tunnel may be taken to represent the - pea-shooter, and the train the pea, which is driven along in one direction by a-strong blast of air, and drawn back again in the opposite direction by the exhaustion of the air in front of it. The train may be said, in fact, to be blown through the tube on the down journey, and sucked through it on the return journey. It must not, however, be supposed that the passengers are deposited at their destination with a sudden jerk, as the simile we have used might seem to imply. Such an inconvenience is entirely obviated by the mechanical arrangements employed. The motion is throughout smooth, easy, and agreeable, and the stoppages are effected gently and gra dually. Indeed, when it is considered that the curve in the tunnel is unusually sharp, being of eight chains radius, and that the gradients are as high as 1 in 15 (those of Holborn-hill being only 1 in 18), it is surprising that the motion should be so much steadier and pleasanter than ordinary rail• way travelling. The journey of GOO yards was per rormed either way in about 50 seconds, with an at the fearful momentum they had obtained caused them to spread general destruction. Wheels, huge pieces of iron, foot-boards, glass, carriage sides, bolts, and chains literally strewed the ground. Thu crash was terrible and the damage immense. Fiv e of the carriages—a first, three second, and one third —were completely broken to pieces, Happily, n o one was in the carriages. if they had been cccupie d every soul would have been cut up and killed on the spot. If also the pointsman had not turned th e carriages upon the siding when they were coming down the embankment there would f have been a dreadful catastrophe at the station. A passenger train was waiting there when the carriages broke loose, and it could not by any possibility have got off the line, neither could the passengers have got out of the carriages in which they were seated in time to have escaped the collision which must have , ensued. After the accident several of the railway officials were soon on the spot, and they secured a . number of men to clear the road, A huge fire wa' made of the broken timber of the carriages for th.e men to work by. It was not until this morning th at the debris was got out of the way. To-day numb ors of people have visited the scene of the accident out of curiosity. The affair created much excitement throughout the town and neighbourhood, for it has put many in mind of the dreadful accident which happened on the same branch of railway, and almost under similar circumstances, at Helmshorc, a few years ago. On that occasion the carriages. of an excursion train broke loose from the engine, and ran down an incline, the results of which are knc.wn to all. There can be no doubt that the check which the rear carriages would experience when left by the engine was the sole cause of the accident last night. The ecup:ing, between thectirragus is brolien at the end of the screw, but the iron appears to be strong and sound, and nothing but a strain upon the metal which it was never intended to bear could have snapped it. mospheric pressure of only 271 ounces to the square inch ; but a higher rate of speed, if desirable, can easily be obtained consistently with safety. Indeed, one great incidental advantage of this species of loco motion is that it excludes all risks of the collisions occasionally attendant on railway travelling, for it is plain that no two trains could ever run fall tilt against each other where all the propelling force is expended in one direction at one time. The worst mishap which it is said could well happen is that, owing to some sudden failure in the machinery, the train might be abruptly brought to a dead stop in the middle of the tunnel, when the passengers would have to alight from the carriages and grope their way as best they could out of the tube. Such a predicament certainly would not be enviable, but it might be more ludicrous than dangerous. Whe ther in such a contingency there is any possibility of another train being started before they had safely made their exit, or any risk of their sharing the fate of frogs placed under an exhausted air pump, we do not venture to assert, bet probably the scien tific engineer could guarantee the traveller against any such novel peril. The train used on Saturday consisted of one very long, roomy, and comfortable carriage, resembling an elongated omnibus, and capable of accommodating some 30 cr 35 passengers. Passengers enter this carriage at ,?ither end, and the entrances are closed with sllding glass doors. Fixed behind the carriage there is a framework of the same form and nearly the gam! dimensions as the sectional area of the tunnel ; and attached to the outer edge of this frame is a fringe of bristles form ing a thick brush. Aa the carriage moves along through the tunnel the brush comes in close contact with the arched brickwork, so as to prevent the escape of the air. With this elastic col'lr round it, the carriage forms a close fitting piston, against which the propulsive force is directed. The motive power is supplied in this way :—At the departure station a large fan-wheel, with an iron disc, con cave in surface and 22 feet in diameter, is made to revolve by the aid of a small stationary engine et such speed as may be required, the pressure of the air increasing, of course, according to the rapidity of the evolutions, and thus generating the force ne cessary to send the heavy carriage up a steeper in cline than is to be found upon any existing railway. The disc gyrates in an iron case resembling that of a huge paddlewheel ; and from its broad periphery the particles of air stream off in strong currents. When driving the air into the upper end of the tunnel to propel the down train fresh quantities rush to the surface of the disc to supply the partial vacuum thus created ; and, on the other hand, when the disc is exhausting the air in the tunnel with the view of drawing back the up•train, the air rushes out like an artificial hurricane from the escape valves of the disc case, making the adjacent :nes shake like reeds and almost blowing off his Feet any incautious spectator who approaches too Lord Marnebile on the New Penal servitude Act. At the Wrest Riding Intermediate Sessions, at Sheffield, held on Friday, Lord Wharncliffe pre sided, and took the opportunity of making a re mark or two with reference to the changes that have been lately introduced by the legislature in the operation of the sentences pronounced at assizes and quarter sessions. Formerly there was a great deal of uncertainty in regard to the strictness or otherwise with which sentences of penal servitude were carried out. This was considered to be a great evil, and the legislature had passed an act during the last session, the effect of which was that where a sentence of penal servitude was passed there could be no doubt of the proportion of the time that the convict must serve. It had been wisely decided, however, still to leave room for certain remissions, as rewards, not for ordinary good conduct, but for increased industry and special good conduct, which would doubtless be accepted as denoting a desire to reform. Under the new regulations, no sentence of penal servitude could be passed for less than five years, and the first nine months must be passed by the convict in'solitary imprisonment. The remain der of the term is capable of diminution to the ex• tent of one-fourth in case of the convict's superior conduct and industry, bat he must serve three years and four months out of the four years and three months. Again, a prisoner who had been previously convicted of felony, could not be sentenced to a less term of penal servitude than seven years. There were other provisions as to the granting revocation of tickets-of-leave, which ho need not dwell upon ; but the act appeared to him to be a most salutary one, and well calculated to deter persons from crime because of the certainty of their punishment being made a reality. Another topic of considerable in terest ho would briefly refer to, namely, the change that had taken place since the last sessions by the holding of assizes at Leeds. The - grand jury were aware that there had been an antagonism between various towns, and that the Privy Council had de cided to give the assizes to Leeds; and it was not for him to say—although he opposed the change— that they had not decided wisely. The town of Sheffield had done all that was within their power to get the assizes held here ; but he wished it to go before the public as widely as possible, that, in his opinion, the town could not fairly call upon Govern ment to incur any expense or to give them the ad. vantage of assizes, whilst they neglected to do that which almost every other large town had done, namely, to appoint their own recorder, and have a separate quarter sessions for their borough. If Shef field wished to attain the position which Leeds had secured, she must begin by doing as Leeds did—apg point a recorder and get a court of borough sessions. Justice would be better administered by a recorder, who would be, of course, well acquainted with the l s a io w n , s t w ha a n s sboymaatbereinaclhly olifghicteynemd.aglitstwraatseas would be found that th e attendance of magistrates and it would be much l arger w h en the work of the see such as would b e di spose d of by the Recorder of Sheffield, beca use th ey arose within the limits of the borough. In di s p os i ng o f the cases that came b e , fore him, his lord s hip carr i ed out to the full t h e new fact w that e were e 50 per cent. of th e cases tr i ed at these sessio ns instructions, and several notorious thieves were sea. ,enced to long terms of penal servitude. near it. When the down journey is to be performed the breaks are taken off the wheels, and the carriage moves by its own momentum into the mouth of the tube, passing in its course over a deep air-well in the floor, covered with an iron grating: Up this opening a gust of wind is sent by the disc, when a valve, formed by a pair of iron doors, hung like lock-gates, immediately closes firmly over the en trance of the tunnel, confining the increasing at• inospheric pressure between the valve and the rear of the carriage. The force being thus brought to bear upon the end of the train, the latter, shut up within the tube, glides smoothly along towards its destinaticn,the revolving disc keeping up the motive power until it reaches the steep incline, whence its own momentum again suffices to carry it the rest of the distance. The return journey, as above indict cated, is effected by the aid of the exhausting pro■ cess. At a given signal a valve is opened, and the disc-wheel set to work in withdrawing the air from the tube. Near the upper end of the tube there is a large aperture, or side vault, which forms the throat through which the air is, so to speak, exhaled, the iron doors at the upper terminus still being kept shut. In a second or two the train posted at the lower terminus, yielding to the exhausting process going on in its front, and urged by the ordinary pressure of the atmosphere from behind, moves off on its upward journey, and rapidly ascending the incline approaches the iron gates, which fly open to receive it, and it emerges at once into daylight. Such is the mode in which the system works, and it seems capable of being adapted to railway commu nication within the metropolis and other large towns, or wherever tunnelled lines with steep gradients exist. The chief obstacles encountered in practically working the atmospheric railway, introduced some 16 years ago, are considered to have been effectually overcome by the present modification of the princis pie. Under the former system the tube was of a very small size, and fixed upon the ground ; a longi tudinal:or continuous valve opening at the top, along which a rod, connecting the piston with the car riages, passed, and the valve closing behind the rod as it moved onwards. The amount of atmospheric pressure required to be exerted where the area of the tube was so small was enormous, being from 711) to 10Ib per square inch; whereas upon Mr Ram mell's principle the pressure is only 2oz per square inch, and, moreover, the great leakage and waste of power which rendered the old atmosphere system BO costly in working are here in great measure avoided. It need hardly bo added that the worst drawbacks to travelling through tunnels—viz., the smoke and sulphureous vapours emitted from the locomotive and the clime, unwholesome atmosphere of the tunnels themselves—are in this 1 case got rid of. Every train, in fact, carries its own 30 years. I n t h e past wee k a gr eat number of tack smen SALMON FISMINO IN ME TAY.--The salmon fish 4 i altog ether. In fact, the taclumen of most of the stations gaga LI P fishin g on Tuesda y night , an d by net i n th e Tay and i ts tributaries Was ended on Friday, a ft er the most unsu ccessful season for the last between th e Li un of C a mpBie and the mouth of the Earn have giv en up fi s hi ng there is no doubt that there has been a l oss of severa l thousand pounde to the occupiers of fishings in the past season. With regard to the rod fishing—which is now about to commence —there are are doubts es to whether Scotsman , it will end on th e 30th Se p tember or the 10th October.--. 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Sanitary State of the Indian Army, Having ascertained the extent of the mortality among the troops in India, the Commissioners proceeded to trace the causes to which it is attributable, and of these they find the most active to be dysentery and diarrhoea, fever, diseases of the liver, and cholera. These aro the four great endemic diseases of the country, and compared with them all others are of trifling importance. Of the four dysentery has hitherto proved to bo the most fatal in its consequences. Sir It. Mar tin,who served 22 years in India, and who describes this disease as being most prevalent in the plains and during the hot and rainy seasons, states inhis evidence that out of an aggregate British force of 25,443 men serving in periods of eight and ten years respectively in the stations of Calcutta, Chinsurah, and Berhampore—all in Bengal Proper—there occurred 8,499 cases of dysentery. He adds that the cli mate of Lower Bengal has always been very unfavourable to the health of Europeans, but that in the Presidency of Ma dras the disease prevails to nearly an equal extent. The proportion in which it attacks the British as com pared with the native soldiery is as 11 to 1 ; but in both cases. when not arrested at once, it proves quickly fatal, or lays the foundation of chronic suffering extending over years. Next to dysentery in fa tality, but of more frequent occurrence, aro the remittent fevers, which are found almost everywhere throughout the East Indies, varying in their intensity and in their compli • cations according as they occur in low marshy lands, or in drier and more elevated tracts of country. The seaboard, where there is jungle or salt marsh, and the adjacent islands are peculiarly liable to the ravages of this pestilence. Out of an average British force of 23 731 men serving in Bengal, there were in seven years 14,159 cases of fever, and throughout India fifty per cent. of all the admissions into hospital are reperted to have arisen from that cause. Diseases of the liver, too, are very frequent, and in the acute stages the danger to life is so imminent that recovery more or less complete within two or three days or deaths furnishes the history of almost every case. Acute inflammation of the liver would appear to be essentially a disease of the hot plains, and the deadliness of its nature may be judged by the fact that the risk of death is greater from one attack of it than from 13 of fever of the various forms as they ordi narily occur in India. Cholera, however, is the most acute of all the diseases which scourge the couutry, and, like inflammation of the liver, almost always ends in the immediate recovery or death of the suf. ferer. This disease has been known to prevail as an occasional epidemic in different years, seasons, and places throughout India, from 1774 to 1817 ; but ever since it would seem to have engrafted itself on the endemics of the soil, and has become of annual recurrence at many of the larger stations, commencing generally at the beginning of the hot, but sometimes in the rainy and cold, season. In India, as all over the world, it acts with the same fatal rapidity. There, as elsewhere, its tendency is to attack populations living in low, damp, crowded, and ill-ven d ieted situations, especially when supplied with im pure water. When the water is pure cholera and epidemic diseases in general are of rare occurrence in the elevated parts of the country. Troops, both European and native, have been observed to become more liable to the disease while on the rnerch,!and when attacked by it after a length ened march its virulence has been found to be increased in intensity. 'The proportion of deaths out of every IV Eero peens serving ie the Presidency of Bet:obey between 1830 and 1846 attributable to each of the four groat endemic dis co,ses enumerated was as follows—Dysentery and diarrhoea, 32.441; fevers, 23'054 ; cholera, 10.320; diseases of the liver, 9 597. The dreadful fatality of these diseases is rendered evident to the eye by means of diagrams prefixed to the report, as hien show at a glance how wide is the scope of their action compared with that of all the other causes of of mortality put together. Among the infantry of the line serving at home from 1859 to 1861 the deaths from zymotic diseases did Lot amount to 1 per annum in 1,000 living; in the European army serving in Bengal between the years 1830 and 1845 they amounted to 58 in every 1,000. To this class of diseases, therefore, is to be attributed the great difference which exists between the mortality of the soldier in the two countries, and its action being reduced to the same level in both there would not be an average of quite two in 1,000 in their respective death-rates in favour of England. Indeed, the mortality from lung and tubercular diseases is shown to be as 3to 4.2 in 1,000 living in favour of the Indian service, while that from all other diseases, besides those which have been mentioned as so peculiarly fatal, is not very largely against it. 'With those facts before them the commission ors of course find little difficulty in arriving at the conclu sion that if it were possible wholly to put an end to the deaths arising from the various classes of fevers, cholera, and dysentery, to which they add hepathis and its conse quences, the troops in India would be as healthy as any body of men in the world. The practical part of their inquiry, therefore, resolves itself into ascertaining, as far as possible, the causes of those diseases, and de termining by what means their occurrence might be pre vented or their virulence mitigated. The problem which they set themselves to solve is. it may be observed, one not peculiar to India. Zymotic diseases have always been the chief causes of mortality in uncivilised or imperfectly civilised countries, and they have been the special scourge of armies. Whole regions of the earth which wore formerly devastated by fever and dysen tery have long since been freed from their baneful in fluence except in the milder forms, in which they now form part of the ordinary mortality. Why, then, might not the same happy result be brought about in India ? In quiry, the Commissioners say, proves that intermittent fever has disappeared from localities which it formerly ravaged, after the soil had been drained and the cultivation improved, while cholera and dysentery are known to depend mainly, for their frequency and se verity, on the neglect of well ascertained sani tary precautions. May it not be, then, that the mortality in India is attributable to causes which aro re movable and not inherent in the very nature of the soil and climate? In prosecuting this part of their inquiry, the Commissioners enter into an examination of the topography of the country ; the sanitary condition of the several canton ments, barracks, hospitals, bazaars, and neighbouring native towns—the source, quality, amount, and means of distribu tion of water supply—the diet, drink, clothing, accoutre ments, duties, and recreations of the soldier, as well as the effect of all these things upon his health under different conditions. Tho examination had to be conducted over an immense range of territory. India extends over 26 deg. north latitude, It has a superficial area of 1,500,000 square miles inclosed on the north, east, and west by gigantic mountain ranges for 4,500 miles, and along its southern, eastern, and western sides by 4,500 miles of tropical sea board. Much of the country consists of plains traversed by large rivers, having deltas projecting into the ocean, and hardly raised above its level. In other parts there arc ex tensive tablelands of greater or_ loss elevation, rising from the plains. Along the west coast there is a continu ous range of mountains intercepting the warm moist winds coming from the Indian Ocean, and influencing the climate for a considerable distance inland. Here and there are to be found solitary mountain groups of altitudes varying from 3,000 ft to 5,000 ft, and presenting, owing to their elevation, climate very different from those of the plains on which they look down. The northern barrier of the Himalaya consists of a succession of ranges increasing in height as they recede towards the north until they attain altitudes of from 3to 5 miles. On the plains India enjoys perpetual summer, but the sensible effects of its climate vary as widely as the physical character of the country itself. The climate is hot and moist, with considerable rain-fall on the plains and deltas, In the southern parts of India heat and dryness prevail. Along the mountain ranges the temperature falls with the elevation, and at cer tain altitudes diminution of heat is accompanied by a per ceptible moisture in the air. The climates of the seaboards vary with the direction of the wind, Sometimes they are comparatively cool, while at others they are warm, moist, and depressing. Tho climates of certain isolated moun tains, groups, and table lauds aro almost as healthy as those of Southern Europe, while at the base of those very same mountains there aro local climates which are absolutely pestilential. At the majority of fhe stations occupied by the British troops the evidence goes to show that a high mean tempera ture prevails. At many of them there is, it appears a consi derable difference between the day and night temperature, accompanied by night and morning forge. Indeed, haat, moisture, and the great variations ire some localities between the night and day temperature me the three special climatic conditions to which the Moldier 2s exPootl, end, except in so far as the degree of humidity is the result of local defects and drainage, these conditions cannot, of course, _ _ be changed, saw, by resorting to mountains or table-lands as sites for military stations. Such being the case, it be came a very important point lot the Commissioners to con sider what was the amount and kind of influence which the climate was likely to exercise on the soldier's health, and in dealing with that important question they seem to have been very much struck by the absence of direct alle gations against it in tha static/d reports; but they aro nevertheless of opinion that thoolimato does produce some effect on the general health of Europeans exposed to its influence, There are, however, they find, many other agencies at work in the production of disease, and first among them they rank malaria, that subtle cause known only by it, effects, At al! the stations of India, it appears, the presence of malaria can Le traced. It is the chief cause of periodic fevers and certain forms of spleen disease among the native population. It is most intense in its operation in low, warin, moist localities, where there is a superabund- once of vegetation and water, and is ascertained to be the product of heat, moisture, and vegetable decomposi tion; by the withdrawal of any one of which elements in its composition its generaticn cat be stopped. Whether it is possible ever to banish this sccurge from the soil of India the Commissioners do not take upon themselves to say. They rest satisfied with expressing their satisfaction at the know- ledge that it has everywhere disappeared before the clear ing away of such obstacles to th> free circulation of air as forests and jungle, before subsoil drainage and improved agriculture. They add that pal of the deadly Terai of Northern India has become comparatively healthy, owing to the cutting down of the forest, to drainage, and the cul tivation of the soil, and they hare no doubt that a similar result would follow a similar mote of proceeding in other localities. _ _ _ Having come to the conclusion that malaria was the prima cause of disease in India, and having insisted upon the ex-, pediency of its boing removed, as far as possible, the Com missioners proceed to deal with the other influences by which the health of the soldier servin g in India is affected. This part of the inquiry they preface by a brief gene ral statement of the nature of his services, from which it appears that the usual recruitin g age lies between 20 and 35 years, but that a great many lads under the age of 20 enlist. The average time spent by these recruits at the depot at Warley before embarking for India was, pre- vious to the mutiny, four months, while daring the mutiny it was only six weeks. The evidence goes to show that this system of recruiting is open to grave objection, on the ground that many of the men were obliged to undergo labo rious duties in a tropical climate at too early an age, while the period allowed for drill was too short, inasmuch as it rendered further drill necessary after the recruit arrived in India, under circumstances not so favourable as those enjoyed at home. Indeed, the groat bulk of the evidence on this point is to the effect that no recruit ought to be sent out to India under 20, and that these who are sent out should bo fully drilled. The practice of issuing spirits to the recruits, too, on their passage out, which formerly prevailed, but which has been so far modified by the latest Queen's regulations as to render it necessary that the spirits should be mixed with three parts of water, and not issued till after dinner, is strongly condemned by the groat majority of the wit nesses, as predisposing to disease. Formerly, it may be added, little or no attention was paid to the time of the year at which mon were landed is India, and after landing they were forwarded to their destination without much re gard to season or means of conveyance. The evils of this system were, as stated by Col, Durand, to a considerable extent abated under the administration of Lord Ellenborough and a very appreciable diminution in the susceptibility of the newly-arrived troops to disease was found to be the re sult. Having joined his regiment, the soldier's duties in India consist in time of peace for the most part of the usual guards, and of drills and parades before sunrise and at sun set, end, so far as these duties are concerned, the Commis soners Aro of opinion that he cannot bo said to be exposed to excessive fatigue in their discharge. Following up his history after his arrival in India, they are compelled to look for other causes besides the nature of his duties or the prevalence of malaria in order to account for the vastly greater mortality which exists in the soldier's case than in the civil officer. In the prosecution of this in quiry they find that many of the stations occupied by Bri tish troops—and this circumstance operates equally to the prejudice of the officer—are either within or close to cities and towns, the inhabitants of which are decimated periodically by fevers and are exposed to the influence of the same sanitary defects front which the civil population so largely suffers. Sir It. hjertin, in his evidence, says that those stations, and indeed the stations generally tlirsughout India, have been qPtirtcfl withont any .pecial .rogassi to sanitary consi derations, and that no station which he had ever visited was exempt from the action of malaria. All the stations, it appears, are surface drained, but this, with very few ex ceptions, is the only form of drainage to which they have been subjected, and it is proved to be utterly insufficient to carry away the fluid refuse which accumulates in large quantities. In fact, all the stational reports go to show that the drainage of Indian stations, on a well-digested plan to suit local circumstances, is a work of urgent necessity for improving the health of the arisy. Of equal importance is it, as is clearly demonstrated by the evidence, that the water supply of the different stations should be placed upon an improved footing. At present the stations as well as the town in India derive their supply from three sources— tanks, wells, and risers ; and the results of analysis, so far as it has been carried are ly no means satisfactory as regards the purity of the apply. Dr. It. D. Thomp son, the officer of health for th(disttict of Marylebone, who has visited India, describes the state of the Indian tanks as quite shocking," while the mode of distributing the water by means of water carters, called bheesties, who draw it from its source to the Jarracks, and then empty it into such vessels as may haven to be at hand, as pro• nounced by Dr Letheby—wlo stated in his evidence that he was disposed to rank impute water above the impure air as ono of the most powerful wises of disease—to be open to great object. The testimony of Dr Sutherland upon th is point is to the effect that the p resen t condition of the water supply is ono of the cardinal defects in the sanitary arrange ments of India, and that it is tndquestionably a predispos ing cause of disease, especially luring the seasons when the cholera, fever, dysentery, and o her zymotic diseases usually make their appearance. With this evidence before them, the commissioners deem it their drty to du ell upon the expedi ency of instituting a chemical investigation of all the water sources at the several stations,with the view of improving them—either by the adoption preca utionary measures, minishing the risk of pollution or by the creation of a purer supply. The remaining influfn ces pre-disposing to disease are of a nature which tell aimed ex clusively on the health of the common soldier. Fashions for the Month. (From Les liforas Tarisiennes.) Certainly the last month his been most devoid of all im portant change in fashion. :ndeed, there is scarcely any change in actual fashion to write about. Skirts are worn precisely as they were—scany in front to increase the effect of the train behind. The round bodices, to witch we referred in our last as once again making tthheeilraatze suckles, to accommodate which a temporary check — te m portr Pl33arance, appear to have received Y beyond all doubt from the sil the round bodices wore a gau introduced, are keeping in once public favour, Sl e eves, if anything, are lcosor than they wore. The coat s l eeve , however, is still the prevailing mode, the cuff Wing ereasonthat modified, so that the entire sleeve does not so forcibly re mind the observer as it did of the model whence this fashion was taken. Girdles, or half bodices, as some of them may now be called, still continue to be worn, their shape being made to agree, by the exercise of mach ingenuity, with the tailed bodices which still remain prevalent. Zouave jackets are still worn, and so also at the seaside and in the country are Garibaldi shirts. These, however, are very much embroidered. Perhaps the only actual novelty in the way of dross is the introduction of a double.skirted toilette in silk, the under skirt of which is made in one silk, while the upp e r, open down the front, and looped up, together with the bodice and the sleeves, are made of a totally different silk, trimmed however with the silk of the under skirt, Of trimmings the only marked change since last month is that of the introduction of the saw-edge or zigzag pattern trimming. This is used in every way —at the e dges of jackets, at the hems of skirts, even at the edges of the sleeve—while its application in a hundred various ways to flat patterns is very remarkable. Flat trimmings are qui o a necessity at the present time. No one, who is any one, cares about any other style. Espe cially as a hem trimming are these flat bands used. We have seen some very pretty effects by the use of hem bands of black velvet upon striped white rauslins. Of bonnets, it may be said that the small shape is gain ing ground, perhaps all the more rapidly because it affords the opportunity of displayig the hear -dressing. They are made a little larger than they were a month ago, but they are still crownless, and ablest frontless. -- - Many of the best milliners, while abandoning the curtain, very e,bsolutoly replace it by a ruche, which gives a good finish to the whole. Dravn and puffed tulle bonnets are now in their glory, for tilt abolition of the late bonnet shape in favour of something life a cap admits at once of the use of puffed tulle. While talking of bonnets, we would strongly advise ladies whm purchasing tho now shape to be very careful in their chola), for now, more than ever, does the success of the bonnet depend upon the proportionate size it bears to the head fed features of the, wearer. White mashies are fashionably made over blue and rose under skirts, while., quit as fashionably, two equally debt) white hoe ffQ=ces are tuided, which are headed and ocrae- times framed in a taffetas ruche of the colour of the under skirt. Even, however, in muslin dresses the prevailing tendency to flat trimming is observed in the shape of flat taffetas ribbons, covered with aerophane, which is slightly pletod from distance to distance. This trimming substi tutes flounces and puff, both of which certainly appear heavy and vulgar under the present regime of flat trim mings. Every white muslin dress is, as a rule, made with a corresponding jacket, trimmed in exact accordance, the sleeves being trimmed at the armpits, while a small collar givoa a finish to the toilette. Of mantles and shawls we have little to say. The Montespan shawl-mantle, it wo may use the term, appears to be creating quite a sensation at Baden amongst French society. It is a question of a slaw' made either of white clear muslin edged with white lace, or of black tulle edged with black lace, and headed with a ruche of some high coloured taffetas. The " effect" is got out of the upper half square which is made to form a hood, and which, when worn over the head, produces a charming effect. Thrown back, it forms part of the shawl, and adds a new effect to it. It should be added that, when not used as a hood, the half square resumes the natural flat pointed shape of the upper portion of the ordinary shawl. By the way, straw colour is the fashionable colour of the month—especially in light materials for ball dresses. Gauze dresses are frequently patched in a remarkable manner with light ribbons; indeed, in some cases, this style has been carried to such an extent that it may, without exaggeration, be called the mode harlequin. Cloaks and dresses of the same material, especially fou lard, are truly distinguished wear; the higher the tone the more fashionable the wear. White, however, is the reign ing favourite. These toilettes are trimmed with ruches and fringe, which harmonise and never contrast with the mate rial used. Narrow lace also maintains its sway, giving, as it does, a certain suppleness and absolute finish to the toilette. On mantles and dresses many large buttons are worn, while the latter are generally furnished with the great buckle which has come into wear. White silk trimmed with straw ornaments is very fashion• able wear, and has been some weeks. It must be admitted strap trimmings have a very capital effect upon the material in question. Seaside or marine jackets are invariably cut straight. They are trimmed with pearl buttons, or fringe, or jet. They are made with two round pockets. It is very fashionable to wear a petticoat of the same material as the dress, This is especially the case where the material is white alpaca; although, for that matter, white alpaca petticoats are good wear with any toilette, under the one condition that they aro very elegantly trimmed. The Moors, Forests, and Rivers. CRIEFF.—The sport on the various moors in this district continues excellent. The grouse, however, are now very wild and are packing, and it requires good marksmen to be successful. On Monday the 22d, the Earl of Wilton bagged on the Lochearnside moors 33 brace of grouse ; on Tuesday his lordship went deer-stalking in the forest of Glenartney, and killed a heavy stag ; on Wednesday his lordship shot 28 brace of grouse, 4 snipes and a few hares. On the hill of Monzie, Colonel Home Purvis bagged, on the 24th, 17 brace of grouse ; and Sir Hume Campbell, Bart.. shot 16 brace of grouse and 2 blackcocks on the 25th. At Garrows, on Tues day and Wednesday, Messrs Russell and Crawford killed 50 brace of grouse, besides other game. AYRSHlRE.—Blackgame shooting commenced on Satur day, and where parties delayed opening fire on the grouse till they could shoot blackgame as well, good mixed bags were obtained. So far as we could see or learn, blackgame have not improved in the same proportion as the grouse. There was some cold wet weather in the spring, which is supposed to have affected the hatching of blackgame after the grouse had run. At all events, the birds are not plen tiful, and many of the old hens have only three or four fol lowers, and some have no broods—casualties from which tho grouse this season were almost entirely free. Where there are good broods the birds are pretty well grown, though we have seen them much heavier at the commencement of the season. If the hens are spared, however, there is a good enough appearance to give promise that like the grouse, having rallied atter two bad years, they will show plentiful produce, if the season be favourable, in 1805. The un broken sunshine which has prevailed since the 12th, though delightful to the sportsmen, has carried death to the moor game, by inviting prolonged shooting. A couple of days of wet weather would have put them all in packs, and left a I much larger breeding stock tor next season.—Ayr Atire,r- irivratNnss-snlnt, conzequenra of the cold broken weather of the week, sportsmen did not turn out in such numbers as during the first few days of the shoot- iug; and, consequently, our notes al 0 somewhat limited. Reports from almost all quarters bear testimony to the strength and high condition of the grouse, and the forests are spoken of in terms of equal praise. On the 18th, on Laggan Cottage moors, Capt. the Hon. F. C. Howard, of the Coldstream Guards, bagged 20 brace ct grouse and 2 snipes, and on the 20th, 161 brace of grouse. One of Sir Joseph Hawley's party at Laggan Cottage bagged 141 brace on the 23d. Mr Wilson, at Ness Park, killed 121 brace on the first day on which he was out. At Knockie, on the 13th, Major Wardlaw and Col, Adair bagged 17 brace of grouse, and on the 15th in five hours' shooting 21 brace and 2 hares. At Lakefield, on the 12th, Mr John G. Blake had 101 brace —on the 15th, 10 brace—and next day 16 brace. Shooting over his estate of Foyers, Mr F. Walker bagged on the 12th 28 brace of grouse, and on the 16th 9 brace, On the- Kingussie moors, on the 15th, Mr. Wilson shot 7 brace of grouse, and on the 16th killed 27 brace. The Earl of Seafield bagged 21 brace grouse, 2 snipes, and 1 hare at Balmacaan on Monday. These birds were strong and healthy—no appearance of disease. The late opportune showers of rain have dono good on the hills as well as on the low grounds. The following sport has been obtained by Sir Chas. Ross, Bart., of Balnagown : —On the 12th, on the moors of Kincardine Hill, 21 brace of grouse and 1 hare. The grouse are, in point of numbers, a fair average, but the broods are very unequal in size and numbers, some consisting of only one young bird—the largest broods num ber as many as nine. The average of the whole broods seen would be about four birds. Many were young—evi dently a second hatching—while others wore so well grown as to be difficult to distinguish from the old birds. There are a good many barren pairs, but no diseased birds have been seen. On the 16th, Sir Charles commenced shooting about 10.30 a.m. at the Halfway House, parish of Eddor ton, and having ceased about four, bagged 171 brace of grouse and one snipe. The portion of this moor tra velled over would not exceed three square miles. Sir Charles was out on the 18th instant, when, in a few hours, he shot 15 brace of grouse—and again on the 20th, when he bagged 19 brace. The after part of this day was very stormy, with heavy showers of hail, and the birds were very wild. The grouse were numerous and the broods large. The young birds are well grown ; in some instances they are as large as the old ones, and they are rather wild. The average number in the broods will be about seven. Only two very young birds and two pairs of barren ones were seen, and there was no appearance of dis ease. At Braemore, on the 12th, Lords Alexander and Berkeley Paget killed in five hours 261 brace grouse, 4 hares, 4 snipes, and 2 golden plovers. On the 15th Lord Alexander Paget shot, after half-past 4 o'clock, 81 brace of grouse, 1 hare, and 1 snipe. On the 16th Lord Berkeley Paget and Captain Billington bagged 24 brace of grouse, 2 hares, 3 snipes, 1 plover, and 1 duck. On the 18th Lord Berkeley Paget, in four hours, killed 234 brace of grouse, 3 hares, and 1 snipe ; and on the 20th the Earl of Uxbridge and Captain Billington bagged 18 brace of grouse, 3 hares, and 1 snipe. On the Glenfield moors, on the 15th, Mr S. Hargreaves shot 16 brace ; Mr G. P. Hill, 14 brace, Capt. Scott, 11 brace ; Rev. C. W. Leslie, 17 brace. On the 17th, Captain Scott bagged 174 brace; Rev. C. W. Leslie, 18 brace ; Mr Samuel Hargreaves, 26 brace ; and Mr G. P. Hill, 18 brace. On the 19th Mr Samuel Hargreaves had a bag of 28 brace; Captain Scott had 14 brace, and Rev. C. W. Leslie, 13 brace. On the Invercharron moors Captain Whittingstall and friend have had good sport. On the 15th they had a bag of 69 brace ; on the 16th, 501 brace ; on the 17th, C 4 brace ; on the 18th, 72 brace ; on the 19th, 58 brace; and on the 20th theyhad 2 roe deer, 2 brace grouse, 2 wood cocks, and 3 hares. From Strathbran we learn that the sportsmen are now in all their shooting quarters. There are plenty of grouse, and not a diseased bird to be seen. Mr Morrison, who has taken a /ease, has had good sport ; he killed about 90 brace, besides hares, in two or three days. Tho forests are also doing well, and the deer are in splendid condition. Since the opening of the season, Mr J. Fitz gerald and party, at Strath Garvo, have bagged upwards of 150 brace of grouse. The Hon, Messrs Calthorpo and Mr G. Drummond shot 50 brace of grouse and 12 hares on the 13th, at Highfield. On the Fodderty moors Mr R. M. 0. Massey and party bagged 300 brace of grouse in four days. 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